98 MEMORIAL TRIBUTE 



Steam Packet for Bristol and was on board before eight, 

 soon after which we started. It was at this time a dull 

 rainy morning with a light breeze, which, however, 

 presently increased to a gale, so that we were obliged 

 to get into Kingstown Harbour, about seven miles 

 from Dublin. It continued to blow furiously, but 

 having abated somewhat, we ventured out again, and 

 proceeded along the coast for several hours, when the 

 captain, judging it impossible to make way against the 

 wind and tide, ordered the vessel to be put round, and 

 soon after we anchored in our former station. It blew 

 furiously, with very heavy rain, until daybreak, when it 

 began to moderate. At six we again set out and 

 coasted along to Wicklow Head. The weather was 

 fine, and the sea not so high as might have been 

 expected. At seven we were off St. David's Head, 

 and by nine were fairly in the Bristol Channel. The 

 sea was high, and the vessel rolled at a fine rate, 

 so that almost all the passengers were desperately 

 sick, including two captains of the Royal Navy. I 

 escaped, however, by keeping in a recumbent posture 

 the greater part of the time. When I got up in the 

 morning we were in the mouth of the Severn, and after 

 passing up the beautiful river Avon, we landed at 

 Bristol about eight. The scenery along this river is 

 singularly splendid. I was delighted with the fine 

 sections of stratified rocks, and the lovely woodland 

 scenery interspersed with fields and villages. 



